Dundee West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Dundee West
Former burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
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Dundee West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created 1999
Abolished2011
Council area Dundee City (part)
Replaced by Dundee City West

Dundee West was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Dundee West was redrawn and renamed Dundee City West

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region include: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Dundee West constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Renamed Dundee City West for the 2011 elections, the electoral wards used in the newly shaped constituency are:

Council area

The Holyrood constituency was within the Dundee City council area, which was divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee West and Dundee East are within the city area. The Angus constituency covered north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Kate Maclean Scottish Labour Party
2007 Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party
2011 constituency abolished: see Dundee City West

Election results

These results are for Dundee West. For candidates and results from 2011, see Dundee City West

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Joe FitzPatrick 10,955 45.1 +16.4
Labour Jill Shimi9,00937.1+4.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Charlton2,51710.4+2.9
Conservative Belinda Don1,7877.4+1.9
Majority1,9468.0N/A
Turnout 24,26848.8+0.1
Rejected ballots978
SNP gain from Labour Swing +6.1
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Maclean 8,234 32.9 -4.7
SNP Irene McGugan 7,16828.7-8.5
Independent Ian Borthwick 4,71518.9New
Liberal Democrats Shona Ferrier1,8787.5-2.8
Scottish Socialist Jim McFarlane1,5016.0+2.6
Conservative Victoria Roberts1,3765.5-6.0
Scottish People's Morag MacLechan1310.5New
Majority1,0664.2+3.8
Turnout 25,00348.7-3.5
Labour hold Swing
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Dundee West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Maclean 10,925 37.6 N/A
SNP Calum Cashley10,80437.2N/A
Conservative Gordon Buchan3,34511.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dick2,99810.3N/A
Scottish Socialist Jim McFarlane1,0103.4N/A
Majority1210.4N/A
Turnout 29,08251.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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